The role of learners’ memory in app-based language instruction: the case of Duolingo.
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The current study investigated the role of visual short-term memory, working memory, and declarative memory as individual differences in the earliest stages of vocabulary and syntactic learning in Duolingo-based language instruction. Thirty-eight L1-Greek adults completed memory tasks and engaged in learning Navajo on Duolingo. Subsequently, vocabulary and syntax were assessed respectively via a word recognition, a word translation, and a grammaticality judgement task. Multiple regression analyses revealed an advantage for distributed practice both in vocabulary and syntax, after controlling for amount of practice. Further, declarative memory played a significant role in learning syntax and vocabulary, when measured in a word translation task. Extending the analysis for the first time to app-based environments, the results of the present study confirm the importance of declarative memory and distributed practice in adult acquisition of L2 vocabulary and syntax.
| Originalsprache | Englisch | 
|---|---|
| Titel | Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data : short papers from EUROCALL 2022 | 
| Herausgeber | Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Branislav Bédi, Linda Bradley, Kolbrún Friðriksdóttir, Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, Sylvie Thouësny, Matthew James Whelpton | 
| Anzahl der Seiten | 6 | 
| Erscheinungsort | Voillans | 
| Verlag | Research-publishing.net | 
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.12.2022 | 
| Seiten | 364-369 | 
| ISBN (elektronisch) | 978-2-38372-015-7 | 
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| Publikationsstatus | Erschienen - 12.12.2022 | 
| Veranstaltung | EUROCALL 2022: Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data - University of Iceland (online), Virtuell, Island Dauer: 16.08.2022 → 19.08.2022 https://vigdis.hi.is/en/events/eurocall-2022/  | 
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